| Show AMERICAN SPIRIT IS MORE THAN EQUAL TO ANY CRISIS Banker Tells Telf Why Why Nation Will Surmount Any and All lI Obstacles Obstacle By Eugene Giles Cile Cashier National Copper Sank Bank Adaptability has ever been the dIS- dIS distinguishing characteristic of the AmerIcan American Amer- Amer Ican people In the great epochs of our national life that which has been accepted by us as the perfectly natural thing our easy adjustment to changed and changing has conditions been a marvel to other nations It has seemed to be the natural and logical thing to tous us because unconsciously each individual has appraised If not fully appreciated appreciated the substantial foundations upon which our Institutions civil and social Industrial and business are founded And It Is that common confidence confidence con con- In basic stability that has Inspired inspired In- In the national nal sense of security and optimism Because of the common common com com- mon conviction of the enduring nature of the nations nation's Institutions every crisis has been met and the country has not only ed Industrial shocks but has emerged even stronger than before before be- be fore READJUSTMENT IS WORD We Ve are just now leaving that dark and anxious period of uncertainty which has been a part of actual participation par par- I In the great world war and andare andare are on the threshold of a new era which In this country is erroneously termed a reconstruction period It Is not reconstruction but readjustment and already we are taking our first steps In that direction We Ve are putting back on a peace basis a nation that was In feverish haste transformed Into a fighting nation We Ve are engaged In a a. avery very difficult problem of reabsorbing Into our agricultural Industrial and commercial life several millions of men who a few months ago were drawn from these ranks to serve the military We Ve are under the necessity of reconverting reconverting recon recon- our war manufacturing plants to the production of Implements of peace AMERICA CREDIT NATION Our country has not been devastated and while the burden of wars war's expense is great measured in and cents America today is a credit nation where before she was Indebted to Europe I During the period of the n war the n peo- peo pIe generally generall r h have hav v e p nr practiced r thrift I n pIe generally generall r h have hav v e p nr practiced r thrift as never before In our nations nation's history and aside from building up the largest bank deposits in the country's history they have ha invested In government bonds and their fertile acreage has virtually fed the world The slogan of Americas America's participation tion In th the great conflict was Make the world safe for democracy The triumph of allied arms In the conflict I Is the one big step toward the CODI consummation con COD summation of that purpose Recon Recon- Reconstruction I along more mOle ideal governmental governmental govern govern- mental tines lines In European countries will complete the transformation The few pessimists who shout about the dangers of reconstruction In Inthe inthe the United States seriously very ery reflect re- re on the safety of those principles I of government which inspired this country's participation in the con con- met filet GREAT RESOURCES AVAILABLE The great resources of the country are still available and Industrial plants are better than ever equipped to compete compete com com- pete In in the worlds world's manufacturing en- en Our agricultural lands have been more intensively worked and It Is Impossible to conceive of anything but buta I a period of contentment and prosperIty prosperity prosper prosper- Ity for the American people In our own state there Is if anything stronger strong strong- I er reason for a spirit of optimism than in those localities where Immense war contracts speeded up and Inflated en- en and where it Is reasonable to expect there will be a let down In activities Like the balance of the country Utah's bank banks deposits are heavy There Ther has been a period of I curtailment In building activities as there has been a cessation of development development develop develop- ment In various arious industrial lines but the confidence which ultimate peace will awaken will find expression In unprecedented unprecedented un- un activities in the Intermountain Inter Inter- intermountain mountain country countr The outlook Is indeed indeed in- in deed promising |
